Tracks:
1. 09:00 A.M.【Intro】
2. Lick me ♥
3. ECSTASY
4. 12:35 P.M.【Interlude】
5. Hashire!
6. 04:20 P.M.【Interlude】
7. Lick me ♥ (Q;indivi-Yusuke Tanaka Remix)
8. ECSTASY (Caramel Pod E Remix)
9. Hashire! (420 Remix)
10. 12:00 A.M.【Outro】
3 SPLASH is Koda Kumi’s 44th single and it was released on July 8th, 2009. It reached #2 on the Oricon Weekly Charts and has sold 74,714 copies.
Oh lord. Our first of 4 pointless ~interludes~. 09:00 A.M.【Intro】 begins with what sounds like someone tuning a radio. A hip-hop beat and some groovy bass comes in as well and kind of drowns out the tuning sound.
Our first known track, Lick me ♥, is your typical Koda Kumi summer song. It’s all smiles in this song and Kuu shows off a great deal of happy in this song. For some reason, despite all the cheery, upbeat synths and loud clapping beat, this song annoys me. It could be that it sounds like EVERY OTHER SUMMER SONG SHE HAS DONE, or it’s just the song itself. MOVING ON~
Kuu decides to sex things up with ECSTASY. This song is also your typical Kuu-horned-up song, complete with thumping bass, aggressive guitar riffs, and some harmonization in the chorus. Out of the three songs on this single, this is probably my favourite.
12:35 P.M.【Interlude】 is another interlude with a hip-hop clapping beat and some short guitar riffs. I kind of liked this one and I thought it would’ve been a good song if it was longer.
I’m also rather annoyed with Hashire!. I just didn’t get a nice vibe from this song, and it overall just rubbed me the wrong way. This song is LOUD and is even more grating during the loud guitar riffs and Kuu kind of screaming. Sorry, NEXT.
04:20 P.M.【Interlude】 leads us into remixes of the three tracks. This one start with the sound of waves and then someone driving in a car. Amongst all that you hear what sounds like a club music. About half way through you hear beeping synth and it ends by just beeping.
Our first remix is the Q;indivi-Yusuke Tanaka Remix of Lick me ♥. Yusuke Tanaka of the electro group Q;indivi turns this upbeat summer song into an ethereal club song. Tanaka pretty much takes everything out of the song, leaving Kuu and the beat, and adds some spacey-sounding synth.
The Caramel Pod E Remix of ECSTASY is turned into a club-worthy dance song. Aggressive synth, and a heavier dance beat are added to Kuu’s vocodered voice. I thought this was a decent remix and it isn’t all that bad.
The 420 Remix of Hashire! is one stinky hot mess. Another club-like song that has FAR too much added to it. Random noises and too msny beats result in an even crappier remix of a crappy song.
12:00 A.M.【Outro】 I thought was an appropriate ending, since you hear someone getting in a car and driving off. At 20 seconds in, some of the synth loops and guitar chords from Lick me ♥. I thought it was a nice way to end us off on this pretty decent single.
Overall Grade:
